SECTION 2: BETWEEN EUROPE AND RUSSIA: NARRATIVES OF “NEIGHBOURHOOD” AND “NEAR ABROAD” Daviti Mtchedlishvili: Near Abroad vs. Backyard: The EU-Russia competition in the CaucasusDr Viktor Velivchenko: A conceptual approach towards images and perceptions of Russia, the EU and key EU actors in the Donbas crisis

3:15-3:30

Short break

3:30-4:45

SECTION 3: MYTHS AND NARRATIVES OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP: CONTESTATIONS AND SYNERGIESDr Jeremy Moses and Geoff Ford: The Language of ‘Leadership’ on Autonomous Weapons Systems: The US, the EU, Russia and China Dr Iana Sabatovych and Xiwen Wang: EU, Russia... China? The analysis of linkage and leverage in post-communist Europe on the examples of Poland and UkraineAlexader Malkov: Analysis of Narratives on the Future Post-European Parliament Election 2019: Is Russia to become a CEEC regional leader via its interactions with V4?Dr Serena Kelly: Russia, the EU and Free Trade Agreements: a case study of New Zealand